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Bodoni Type Specimen Book
Editor | Designer Yena Joo | http://cargocollective.com/yenajoo
Text credits: http://ifoundmedinosaurs.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/bodoni-the-history-of/ http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/bodoni
The year of publication: 2013 This type specimen book was made for Typography 1 class at Maryland Institute College of Art
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HISTORY OF BODONI
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odoni is a well-known serif typeface series that has had a long history of interpretations by many design houses. The various font styles begin with Bodoni’s original Didone modern font in the late 1700s through to ATF’s American Revival in the early 1900s and into the digital age. The original design had a bold look with contrasting strokes and an upper case that was a bit more condensed then its stylish influence Baskerville. The unbracketed serifs and even geometric styling has made this a popular font seen in almost every kind of typesetting situation, but particularly well suited for title fonts and logos.
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odoni was named after its designer, Giamattista Bodoni who was often referred as the King of Printers. It was first designed by Bodoni in 1798 and is generally considered a “transitional” font type. Bodoni was a prolific type font designer and this particular font was highly influenced by the work of John Baskerville, a designer whose work Bodoni followed. It is a series of serif typefaces following the ideas of John Baskerville, as found in the printing type Baskerville. It was of increased stroke contrast and a more vertical, slightly condensed, upper case but taking them to a more extreme conclusion. The font, with its highly recognizable centered “Q” tail and slight hook in the “J”, was widely accepted by printers and can be seen in a broad variety of publications and uses since the late 1700s.
The Quick Jumps Over
Brown Fox The Lazy Dog
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BODONI STANDARD ITALIC
BODONI STANDARD BOLD BODONI STANDARD BOLD ITALIC BODONI STANDARD POSTER ITALIC
BODONI STANDARD POSTER CONDENSED
BODONI STANDARD BOOK BODONI STANDARD POSTER
BODONI STANDARD BOLD CONDENSED BODONI STANDARD BOOK ITALIC
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